Doing the same trick three times gets old, if they are going to replace Dawn then it shouldn't be with another coordinator, but a completely differant sidequest.
Which is what I've always said is the most likely. Contests are on their way out, BW girl will have a new quest.
What are you talking about? Both May and Dawn got tons of character development and changed a lot since their first ep until they left the main cast...
I actually like the idea of Ash staying the permament star and the girl star changing every gen to another new Coordinator
Dawn proved it's possible to make a new character with the same goal as an old character and make the new character different enough from the old and just as good as the old one if not better
So while I'm really going to miss Dawn and would make her stay if that was up to me - I'm going to enjoy BW girl and assuming she's a Coordinator, I'll enjoy her Contests too and can't wait to see her own different take on Contests
I guess it mystifies me how Dawn got more popular than May, but I guess it's true.
If the new region has it's own side quest, contests would clash with it, if it isn't already contests. We just can't tell, and that still presents an admittedly small chance of it happening. Let me ask you one last thing, though: Do you bet on the one in a hundred or more chance?
I think most of it has to do with the fact that Haruka got a lot of slack for bing the replacement of Kasumi. Many fans, including myself (at the time), were embittered by her appearance. Most people compared her to what they missed about the earlier days of Misty.Quote:
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I guess it mystifies me how Dawn got more popular than May, but I guess it's true.
Sceptile726 said:Ok, that is not an issue, this friendship really is stronger than the previous one. Strong enough for her to follow him wherever he goes? Is this even what the writers consider?
I would think their prime directive is to promote Gamefreak's material in the manner in which they dictate. Without a full perspective on what they plan, I cannot answer this question. We have already seen that even the plot, no matter how crucial, bends to the will of Gamefreak, otherwise we could've been in Sinnoh for a lot longer than it is looking right now.
I think most of it has to do with the fact that Haruka got a lot of slack for bing the replacement of Kasumi. Many fans, including myself (at the time), were embittered by her appearance. Most people compared her to what they missed about the earlier days of Misty.
Gilscor, you really need to stop using the forums as a barometer of true popularity, because it isn't accurate what so ever.
I'm not. But I know from being in the fandom for like 8 years now that Contests had a far bigger fan following when May was doing them than when DP started. When AG was airing Contests literally became the surprise smash-hit of the show.
Little kids in Japan now probably weren't around for AG, but that point is moot as kids from the next arc won't have been around for DP either.
And you have proof of this? You don't, this is text book blanket statement. Contest's popularity most likely has waned on the forums, I have no doubt about that. But there is no evidence that it has gone down with the target audience what so ever.
The target audience changes every 4-5 years. As I said, little kids watching DP now have likely never seen May's Contests.
Its hard to bother with little kids when they cycle out every 4-5 years.
When it comes to what is popular with this show, yes little kids are very important, more so then any of us on the boards. Fans on the boards tend to hate Piplup, but the little kids love him. You shouldn't make sweeping generalization with the forums as evidence, because it is inaccurate of the thoughts of the true majority,(the littles kids).
That is true, but I doubt there's much difference. I believe Dawn got popular with kids due to Piplup, but May and her Contests made the far bigger impact overall.
The problem is some people who just got back into pokemon recently think Contests are "new" and "fresh," whereas the rest of us who were watching for years feel they've gotten stale.
I liked Dawn's contest arc, but I seriously cannot see how this set of coordinators made the impact the AG ones did. Its been over 4 years since AG ended and people constantly compared Dawn to May all throughout DP, and Zoey and Kenny never really became as popular as other rivals.